Latest Windows fix can cause PC slowdown

>WINDOWS UPDATE USERS and prudent sys admins might have installed the latest Windows patch without a thought. That might not have been such a good idea. The patch is meant to fix a hole in Windows Messaging but can end up causing a severe performance degradation...

How very interesting, I applied the patch last night and today have found windows pausing before they open etc, nothing massive but a definate slowdown I've been in the bios, reinstalled my mainboard drivers etc...Cheers.

Go to start > Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > Scroll down and you will see all your updates now find the update "Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q811493" and click it. Now click REMOVE on the right follow the instuctions and say goodbye to it.

I have been going crazy trying to recover from a system crash whilst attempting to restart after installing the latest download from MS. Amongst the error messages was a display driver failure (ATI Radeon 7000)! Pure luck got me to a state where I could restore. That worked and having seen the experiences on this list of responses I owe TOPCAT a virtual beer. I can sleep now, thanks.This is not the first time I have encountered severe problems after MS updates - as a basic novice in such things, is there anywhere to go for advice on individual updates or do I just need to keep checking this site?